Italian sexualities uncovered, 1789-1914 /

Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 7789-1914 breaks new ground in the history of nineteenth-century Italy. It brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating the relationships between th...

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Main Author:	Babini, Valeria Paola
Other Authors:	Beccalossi, Chiara, 1976-, Riall, Lucy, 1962-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Series:	Genders and sexualities in history.
Subjects:	Sex > Italy > History. Italians > Sexual behavior > History. Sexual practices. Sex. Italians. Italy. History.
Summary:	Italian Sexualities Uncovered, 7789-1914 breaks new ground in the history of nineteenth-century Italy. It brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating the relationships between the personal and political; the presence of male, female and same-sex desires that defied norms of respectability and acceptable gender roles; the sexual behaviour of different classes and subcultures; and transnational sexual encounters. This volume sheds light on the sex lives of nineteenth-century men and women in Italy, on the ways they understood and experienced their sexual desires, and on how their sexual behaviour was organised, regulated and constrained.